NFL Draft 2024: The QB Picks Are In, But For How Long?

Author carlota

April 26th 2:47 PM

The NFL Draft 2024 was held in Detroit Michigan this year. Like every year, there were surprises and non surprises.

NFL Draft 2024. Same As It Ever Was.

The NFL Season kicked off (unofficially anyways). The NFL Draft 2024 is in the books. And like every year, all the usual things happened. There were picks that made fan bases laugh. Las Vegas. There were some picks that made fan bases angry. Green Bay. Some trades that made fan bases want to jump off a building. Buffalo. And of course, there is the one pick that makes an entire city rejoice.

“With the first pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears select Caleb Williams, Quarterback, Southern California”. Yay, for the windy city! Time to celebrate! Or is it?

NFL Draft 2024. The QB Picks Are In, But For How Long?

There is no rhyme or reason why top-rated Quarterback draft picks excel or fail. The scouts do their job, the pundits talk their smack, and then the fans clamor from their Lazy boy chair for whoever they think their team should draft. That should be a winning formula, right?

Sometimes it is.

Peyton Manning, Terry Bradshaw and John Elway. They were picked number one and by all accounts, it worked out. Then there’s Akili Smith, Heath Shuler, and of course the ever so epic, Ryan Leaf.

So what’s the winning formula when picking a Quarterback for your team? I have no idea. I’m not a scout. I’m a fan. But I do notice one theme when it comes to those who fail most epically.

Kool-Aid. The biggest busts tend to drink a lot of Kool-Aid. Their own. And drunk on their fruity punch, before they can truly afford to be.

That Punch Better Be Tasty, Quenching And Deserving Of The Sugar

Look, it takes a certain type of ego to be a quarterback. You are the leader of the team, a leader of men. You must believe in yourself enough to project the same confidence so your team will follow you into the trenches.

But then there are some young quarterbacks, coming out of college, who really haven’t done a thing. Yet they act as if they are better than everyone else. They are so high on their own supply, they feel it’s ok to treat the media like minions and even scream at their boss because you they so “special”. There are two words to describe that kind of quarterback: Ryan. Leaf.

I’m not saying if you’re a cool dude and do all the right things that you’ll be the next Tom Brady. But man, it helps. Look at Mr. Irrelevant, Brock Purdy. He was the very last pick in the 2022 Draft. And In my humble opinion, he may be the best QB in the NFC and possibly second to Mahomes in the whole league. I don’t recall seeing article after article about him talking about how great he is before he came into the league. I don’t remember that about Brady either. Or even Mahomes.

But I have seen Caleb Williams talking about how he can do whatever #15 can do on the field. According to talksport.com, Caleb thinks he can do the same things as Mahomes. And may be he can, but that kind of talk before you walk the walk, gives me pause about him as a Quarterback. Sure he may have the physical skills, but so did Jamarcus Russell. He may have the most beautiful spin on the ball. Geno Smith throws a gorgeous ball. But boy oh boy does he have the same confidence as Johnny Manziel.

Well, where is Johnny Football now? Drinking Kool-Aid on the set of the next Netflix documentary on NFL busts? That’s Kool-Aid without the sugar, bro. Bitter, nasty crap that nobody is buying.

Carlota is the music director and midday on-air personality for KXTE Las Vegas. She has been with the station since July of 2023. Carlota has been in the Las Vegas market since 1998, First with KXTE, 92.3 KOMP for 18 years, and now back with KXTE. She is known mostly for her on air work but also writes about Las Vegas happenings and where to find the best tequila in Sin City.

Wacky And Weird Hockey Superstitions

I have weird hockey superstitions about where I watch the Vegas Golden Knights. Last Saturday afternoon, my wife and I were looking for a local tavern that might have an open table. We wanted to grab some dinner, drinks, and watch game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

My Wacky And Weird Superstition

The first place we stopped at was packed. No open tables. So, we were trying to decide where to go next. She mentioned a nearby tavern, but I nixed it. Why? Well, I told her every time we go there, the Golden Knights lose.

I know, ridiculous, right? After all, how can something like where we watch the VGK on television affect the outcome of an NHL game? I guess that’s why they call it a silly superstition. There’s no common sense involved.

My Hockey Playing Routine

Hockey players are notorious for being superstitious. Many have rituals such as putting on their equipment in a certain order. I don’t know if that is just a learned routine, or if it is a superstition. But, when I play hockey, I always put on my left skate, then my right skate, then my left shin pad, then my right shin pad, and so on.

If I don’t put on my equipment in that order, I just don’t feel right during the game for some reason.

Some Wacky And Weird Hockey Superstitions

I found an article on TheHockeyWriters.com which details wacky and weird hockey player superstitions by some of the game’s greatest. Greg Boysen’s article describes the pre-game ritual of one of the game’s great goalies. Glenn Hall used to force himself to throw up before every game. Evidently, it calmed his nerves.

Another Hall of Fame goaltender would threaten any player who touched his goalie equipment. We’re talking about threatening his own teammates! What is it about goalies? Netminder Jocelyn Thibault used to pour water over his head exactly six-and-a-half minutes before every game.

Scroll Down For More Weird Hockey Superstitions

Boysen’s article on TheHockeyWriters.com has plenty more wacky and weird hockey superstitions. Scroll down to see five great ones.

Wayne Gretzky Needs His Baby Powder
“The Great One,” Wayne Gretzky, would powder the blade of his hockey sticks with baby powder before each game. Some of his other superstitions include never getting his hair cut while on a road trip. In warm-ups, he would purposely miss his first shot wide to the right of the goal. Then, after warm-ups, he would always take drinks in this specific order: Diet Coke, water, Gatorade, and then he’d throw back another Diet Coke.

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Patrick Roy And His Goal Posts
This four-time Stanley Cup-winning goalie used to talk to his goal posts. Yup. Apparently, Roy felt that conversing with these inanimate objects would improve his play. And, the goal posts would be more apt to be on his side. Hard to argue with a Hall of Fame goalie.

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Brendan Shanahan Loves Madonna
This NHL Hall of Fame forward is now the President of the Toronto Maple Leafs franchise. Back during his professional career, he always wore the shoulder pads from his junior hockey days. He also made sure he listened to at least one Madonna song before each game. I guess he had to get “Into The Groove.”

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Joe Nieuwendyk's Pre-Game Meal
Here’s another hockey Hall of Fame forward who had a weird hockey superstition. Before each game, Nieuwendyk ate two pieces of toast topped with peanut butter. Not one. Not three. Two. I wonder if he ate toast topped with jelly or jam after the game.

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Sidney Crosby Says "Don't Touch My Sticks"
One of the most heralded draft prospects in NHL history, “The Next One” (in reference to being the next greatest player to Wayne Gretzky), or “Sid The Kid,” is no longer a kid. He’s 35-years-old now. He is a gentlemanly player, but if you touch his hockey sticks after he has taped them up before a game, he’s not going to be happy. In fact, he will take all of the tape off of the stick you touched, and re-tape it. He also has a superstition of NOT calling his Mom on game days.

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